Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Tijd van zonde by Deepti Kapoor

89 reviews

mariemaistrop's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Very cruel, tragic and sad but also fascinating. It’s a lot more violent than I anticipated so be careful if you have some triggers: rape, death, poverty, addictions. But it was very addicting, I preferred the first half but overall it was a hard one for me to put down. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Abortion, Addiction, Violence, Rape, Suicide, Drug use, Death, and Blood

massaad007's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I feel like this should have been written by a more experienced and mature writing. It started off really well: a deep dive into India’s inequality and the systems in place that keep people in cyclical poverty. However, it very quickly spun into a badly written and cringey book that I found difficult to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Trafficking

lunartax's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Car accident, and Drug use

caylorquinn's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Drug use, Murder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Abortion, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide

infinitezest's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

applegeorge's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Drug use, Trafficking, Murder, Suicide, Torture, Car accident, Sexual assault, and Rape

bigbizliz1991's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Murder, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Addiction, Car accident, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Slavery

deeandtea's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This book took me quite a long time to read. It is such a grim, dark read - very tense and sad and devastating. I really loved Ajay’s story. Hearing of his heartbreaking childhood and how he became caught up in servitude was just devastating. I really came to love his character. Neda’s story was similarly depressing, but I struggled loving her. The author wrote her with such fondness, however. It was easy to feel empathy for her situation and to see the destructive path she had for herself. 

From Sunny’s POV on, I struggled. He was such an unreliable narrator for so many reasons - the drugs, the prose became more fast-paced too. It was hard to keep track of his comings and going’s.

His kidnapping was when this story unravelled for me. Sunil ‘s story felt long-winded and completely disconnected from the plot. He became such a major figure too, I have to wonder why his name wasn’t closely related to the Singh/Wadia empire. His later “contribution” to Ajay’s story made the ending even more depressing than it already was.

 

I think a major mistake was made with ending the book primarily in Sunny’s POV. He was so incredibly unreliable and unstable - his story arc made no sense and his communication with characters we had met before felt pointless. I couldn’t make heads or tails of his relationships with his family, Neda or Ajay. 

The first half of this book was totally enthralling - so a 3.5 is what this rating will be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Drug abuse

grantsharpies's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Violence, Animal cruelty, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

genizah's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Child death, Murder, Violence, Car accident, Suicide, Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Abortion, Kidnapping, and Rape